TNT and TBS will offer all seven of their original summer series for free online. New episodes will appear on Turner websites about about 3 am the morning following their debut, and the episodes will be available for viewing for about a month each.Believe it or not, Turner is one of the first cable networks to do the streaming episodes thing, following in the footsteps of the big four networks, ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. Last summer, only ABC Family offered its original programming for free online. Other networks, such as FX, Sci Fi, USA, and E! have streamed occasional episodes (mostly premieres and finales) but not entire seasons. As Broadcasting and Cable points out, it's probably because the cable networks can't demand a ton of money from carriers if their content is also available for free online.
Beginning next month, The Closer, Heartland, Saving Grace, and The Company will be on TNT.tv, while House of Payne, The Bill Engvall Show, My Boys, and The Frank Show will be on TBS.com. Episodes of The Closer, Bill Engvall, My Boys and The Frank Show will also be available on iTunes.
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5-30-2007 @ 1:10AM
Tess Capra said...
Has anyone else had trouble with the TBS viewer? I watch channels online all the time, but with this site I get requests for licenses that never appear or load, and Contact Us is, as usual, an exercise in futility. Do they not *want* me to try *My Boys*?
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5-30-2007 @ 2:09PM
Seth said...
TBS has actually had episodes of My Boys available since last November and the first 13 episodes are still up on TBS.com.
Seth Miller
Producer, TBS.com/TNT.tv
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5-31-2007 @ 12:07AM
Tess Capra said...
Thanks to Seth, who hooked me up with IT Guy Paul, who straightened out my viewer problem in five easy steps. Lo, it is indeed the SuperStation! Bring on *The Boys.* And *The Closer.* And *Saving Grace.* But not *House of Payne.*
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6-03-2007 @ 7:03PM
Surumi said...
I am also having the same problem, do they post the fix somewhere? or Tess, could you post it here? Thanks.
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7-10-2007 @ 12:16AM
Evyn said...
I also am having the same problem as Tess and Surumi. Can any one help, the license does not seem to come up when I go to the online channel. Is there any place where the "5 easy steps" are posted?
Thanks...
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7-23-2007 @ 12:11AM
Carol said...
I am having the same problem with TBS and TNT online shows. Contacted HP and they said it is the stations that have bad connections; however, can IT Guy Paul post the "5 easy steps"? This is so frustrating.
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